Privacy for Sale

Panorama investigates the lobbying war of Internet companies at the European Union. Europe is working on new legislation to better protect the citizens’ privacy. With the coming of the Internet the matter of reform has taken on an even greater urgency. The interests involved are huge. So are the profits, companies like Facebook or Google can make with the personal data of their clients. In Brussels a lobbying war is raging involving the major Internet companies, with an intensity never seen before. In its report, Panorama paints a vivid picture of this war which is waged using secret and underhand resources – and a great amount of money.